The Mount Holyoke College Plant Science Department Records contain lists; advertisements; reports; and photographs. The records include a list of topics for a course in the department and photographs of faculty and students in the laboratory and at the Western Massachusetts Flower Show. The annual reports of the department to the President of the College are also contained in the records. The reports include information about student trends, summer sessions, needs of the department, department events, faculty activities, enrollment trends, the Botany Club, job opportunities in the field, visitors to the department, graduate students, equipment, and various courses.